Eamuel rust



RAISING LAMP-FUCHS Specification of Lettera Patent No. 3,467.

dated March 9, 18M; Antedated January 29, 18M.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL RUST, of the cityof New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Lamps for Lighting Houses, &c., which improvementis applicable to my former 1mprovement of the piece of metal,

spring, or heater as patented by me Sep? tember 14, 1843, and is alsoapplicable to other lamps which have a roller to raise or depress thewick or a wick-raiser analegous to the roller, and that the following isa full and exact description ofthe same as invented or improved by me.

Whereas the former patent is made, with a raised or capped stopper as A,Figures 1 and 2, and a roller to regulate the wick below the cap as B,working in at the side of the tube C, on the wick, which patent consistsof a piece of metal, spring or heater acting and pressing against thewick and roller as a spring which piece of metal, spring or heater issoldered to the bottom part of the tube as D, and extended down to E,Iand then bent and carried up through the tube to F, at the top, so asto run a hollow wick on to it, or to put the wick in all on one sideeither in a long tube or a short tube, my improvement now consists of athumb piece, press or slide combined with the roller to manage the wickand a recess or opening in the side of the tube and stopper for thespring or thumb-piece to work in which recess or opening I use eitherwith or without the thumb piece as is hereinafter described.

rIhe whole lamp with my improvement is represented as Fig. 3. One, twoor more tubes or sockets to receive the wick, may be used in thestopper, but I first represent it with two, which tubes or sockets forthe common candle wick I make round at the top of the ordinary size andround on one side where the roller is from end to end represented as GFig. 4 and G Fig. 5 to receive the wick while the other side is madesquare or angular forming the recess or opening for the spring or thumbpiece to work in as H Fig. 4 and H Fig. 5; also a recess cut in thestopper where the tube is received, opposite the recess or opening inthe tube as I Fig. 4 and I Fig. 5 which allows more room for the springto work and to have a gradual bend backat the top from the roller so asto receive the wick all on one side, without obstruction to theelasticity of the spring as would naturally be in the ordinary tube andstopper without the recess or opening. The spring is made .as wide asthe recess or tube and soldered to the bottom art of the tube on theoutside and bent an extended up the inside of the tube above .the top ofthe stopper into or opposite the recess or opening in the tube andstopper pressing against the wick and roller asJ Fig. 4 and J Fig. 5 andbent out through the recess or opening in the side of the tube above thetop of the stopper as K Fig. 4 and K Fig.' 5 on the opposite side to theroller forming the thumb piece on the end of the spring, which spring Iuse in the recess or opening either with or without the thumb piece. Butthe thumb piece is better particularly for the common candle wick as atouch of the finger to the thumb piece presses back the spring and thewick is easily inserted and carried down by the roller. Also when thelamp is burning or not burning either wick can be raised or de pressedwithout moving the other, by pressing back the spring that is on thewick not requiring to be moved which will stand still while the otherwick will be acted upon by the spring and roller to either raise ordepress it when the roller is turned by which means the wick isbeautifully adjusted. This thumb piece is used also with the springpressing from the wick and roller as well as pressing to them which isre resented as L Fig. 6 precisely as describe by Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 aboveonly the spring presses from the wick and roller so that the wick isentirely free from all pressure when the lamp is burning except themomentary pressure by the finger to raise or depress it which obviatesthe necessity of having grooves around the roller for the oil tocirculate but the roller can be made with plain cogs or teeth lengthwiseonly in place of making them with the reversed grooves and by pressingthe thumb or finger against the thumb piece so as to press against thewickand roller the wick can be instantly raised or depressed by turningthe roller.

Either wick can be raised or depressed in the sameway while the othernot ressed upon will remain unmoved which is very handy to adjust bothwicks 'alike or to exe tinguish either or both the same as when the.spring presses against the w1ck and roller as in the former case. Thisthumb piece, press or slide I also use by means of small wires or otherslides working through the side of the stopper with the spring solderedto the bottom part of the tube and extended up the tube as in the formercase only bent back from the roller and turned downward at the end underthe cap of the stopper as M Fig. 7, and M Fig. 8, with the wires orslides attached to the sprin loosely by means of a rivet notch or hea onthe ends of the Wires through a hole or slit made in the end of thespring at M.

The other end of the wires or slides outside of the stopper at N Fig. 7,and N Fig. 8, has a notch, catch .or head to take hold of with thefinger or thumb to press back the spring to regulate and manage the wickrecisely in the same manner as describe by Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 with thethumb piece above the stopper which is the same. Also these wires orslides are used at the side of the stopper with the spring pressing fromthe wick and roller as O Fig. 9, in the same manner as described by Fig.7, and Fig. 8, only the spring extends up to the inside of the stopperand bent a little back from the roller as O Fig. 9, without turning theend downward to attach the wires or slides to the spring, but the wiresor slides simply press against the side of the spring without eingattached or fastened to the spring and used to ress upon the wick withthe finger or Vthumli to ralse or depress it precisely as the thumbpiece -above the stopper as described by Fig. 6, and is also the same.

' Likewise this thumb piece, press or slide with the recess or openingin the tube I use by means of these wires or slides working in at theside of the stopper in the same way as described by Fig. 7, and Fig. 8,only without any spring by a piece of tin as wide as the recess or tubeabout a half inch long more or less bent a little curving on each endand soldered to the ends of the wires onI the curved side and placedworking into the tube and side of the stopper as P Fig. 10 with theconvex side of the piece of tin next to the roller which by pressing thewick against the roller with the linger by means of this thumb piece andturning the roller raises or depresses the wick in the same manner as inthe former cases and is the same. Or a spiral spring may be used on thiswire or slide to either press it from the wick and roller or press it tothem and made to perform either way the same as described by the flatspring and is the same.

All these different modes of using my improvement I have described asbeing the best for either the round one tube or two tube lamps for thecommon candle wick. But this thumb piece press or slide with the recessor o ening in the tube and stopper is likewise a mirably calculated forthe fiat tube and woven fiat wick in the same manner as described abovefor the common candle wick only it is not necessary for the spring androller to be as wide as the tube but have the part of the roller whichacts on the wick about one-fourth of an inch wide and the spring thesame width and place them in the middle of the tube and stopper whichspring is soldered to the bottom of the tube as Q Fig. 11 and Q, Fig. 12and bent and extended up the inside of the tube into or opposite therecess or opening in the side of the tube as R Fig. 11 and R Fig. 12above the top of the stopper and bent out through the recess or openinat the side of the tube forming the thum piece on the end of the springas S, Fig. 11 and S Fig. 12 which spring 1s made to press against thewick and roller as T Fig. 11 and T Fig. 12.

The spring may be 1n a separate piece soldered on to the bottom of thetube as described, or two slits ma be punched or cut lengthwise in thetube iom about a half an inch of the bottom yand extended up to theinside of the cap of the stopper and connected by a cross slit at thetop leaving a strip in the center of the tube for the spring as U Fig.13 and U Fig. 14 which slits also form the recess or opening for thespring to work in. The spring is bent in from the bottom as V Fig. 13,and V Fig. 14 pressing against the wick and roller and bent back at theend from the roller under the cap of the stopper to be convenient totake in the wick.

The recess or opening in the tube and stopper, allowin the spring torecede, 'as described. I use oth with and without the thumb piece, pressor slide, but the thumb piece is best, as the woven wick can easily beinserted, without having any stiffness on the end, by pressing back thespring, and likewise the candle wick can be handlly inserted, andregulated in a fiat form, by making the tube also fia-t, and the springas wide, as the inside of the tube, and the roller as wide or nearly so,so as to act lon the wick, from side to side of the tube. The spring issoldered to the bottom of the tube,

as W Fig. 15, and WFi 16, and extendedv up the inside of the tu e, aswide as the tube, to the under side of the cap of the stopper, pressingon the wick and roller at X Flg. 15 and X Fig. 16, and also, extendedup, in the middle part of the spring, about an eighth of an inch wide,above the top of the stopper and bent out throughv the recess, oropening, at the side of the tube, forming the thumb piece on the end ofthe spring, above the top of the stopper. n

The recess or opening in the tube and sto per, is as wide, as the springor a little wi er, both at the wide part and narrow part, so as to allowroom for the spring to work; the whole of which is the same as Fig. 4and Fig. 5, only this being a wide tube, the spring does not continueits whole width, above the stopper, but the sides recede under the capof the stopper, which requires only a narrow recess or opening, in thestopper, for the narrow part ofthe spring to recede into, either for thespring to press to the wick land roller, or to ress from the wick androller, which is a so used both ways. 0r, the same wide tube may be usedwith the top of the spring, below the top of the stopper, as Y Fig. 17,by means of the wires or slides, workin through the side of the stopper,both wit the spring, pressing to the wick and roller and with the springpressing from the wick and roller, precisely as descrbed'by Fig. 8 andFig. 9, only this is a wide tube and one in a stopper, while Fig. 8 andFig. 9, are the narrow tube and two in a stopper. But this thumb piece,press or slide with the recess or opening, is likewise admirablycalculated for the flat candle wick, by making two small flat tubes andsoldering them in the stopper,l

with the edges together, as one wide flat tube or by making one widefiat tube, with a division of a strip of tin, in the middle, lengthwise,|as Z Fig. 18 and Z Fig. 19, with the spring and roller, in each side,the same as has been described, by the two tubes, as Fig. 4 and Fig. 5and Fig. 6, with the thumb piece, above the top of the stopper, and alsoas Fig. 7, Fig. 8, and Fig. 9, (and likewise Fig. 10 with the curvedplate on the end of the slides) with the thumb piece by means of thewires or slides, working through the side of the stopper. The tube intoand above the cap of the stopper is mlade round on the edges, as A Fig.18, and A Fig. 19,( but may be made angular) and below the cap of thestopper it is made angular. on the edges as B Fig. 18, and B Fig. 19,which is necessary to make a square recess or opening, on each side forthe spring to work.

The springs here are intended to press from the wick and roller, withthe wires or slides, working through the'side of the stopper, as thethumb piece, as represented by Fig. 9. The advantage of this tube is,the wick can be easily inserted either side, which at once spreads atthe top and forms 4the Hat wick, and when trimmed oii' and burning,either side can be raised or depressed, to adjust both alike, withouttrouble or cut 55 ting of. or to burn one side alone` which could not'be done were all to be raised together, as in the case of the fiatwoven wick, which' is not so cheap, or so easily obtained, neither arethe capillary tubes so free, and open, to conduct the oil, as the candlewick.

Thel same thumb pie-ce, press or slide and recess or opening in the tubeI also use with the roller, between two wicks, and between two Hattubes, ias C Fig. 20 and C Fig. 21. with the recess or opening in theoutward sides of the tubes, opposite to the roller, with the springworklng into the recess or opening, pressing from the wickand roller asD Fig. 2O and D Fig. 21, with a wire in each side of the stopper, as EFig. 2O and E Fig. 21, as the thumb piece, ress or slide, to presseither wick, with t e thumb or finger, against the roller, which willraise or depress 1t, by turning the roller, while the other not pressedupon will remain un moved.

A heater may be used for lard, between the two tubes, which consists ofa stri of thin metal about five eighths of an inch wide, folded or bentin the middle, with the two ends passing down each side of the roller,with a slit cut in each side, for the roller to work through. The commoncandle wick can be regulated, in the same way, by having the roller andspring act on the wick, from side to side of the tube. Two round tubes,like those described, by Fi 4, and Fig. 5, (or two square or small attubes, placed edge to edge, in the sto per to make one wide flat tube)can be us in the same manner. Or I use the thumb piece, press or slidewith the roller, also, between two wicks, by placing the rollercrosswise, or in the center of one flat tube, as F Fig. 22, (so that theteeth of the roller are toward each edge of the tube) with a division ofa strip of tin, lengthwise, in the tube, at the top above the roller, asG Fig. 22, and also with a division, at the bottom of the tube, belowthe roller, as H Fig. 22, to divide the wick, both above the roller andbelow it.

The position of the roller forms or allows the recess, in each edge ofthe tube, for the springs to work, which springs are soldered to thebottom of the tube, at the edges and extended up the tube, on each ed e,pressing from the wick and roller with t e wires or roller, in the samemanner, as the wires or slides already described, in the former cases.Or as another mode of thumb piece, a circular piece of tin can beinserted vertically, in the side of the stopper, as J Fig. 23, workingon a wire or pin, soldered to the side of the stopper, under the cap,with aprojection about three eighths-or a half 1nch, from the circle ofthe lower side, to press against the spring as L Fig. 23, also wlthanother projection, on the circular piece of tin, outside of the stoper, as M Flg. 23,. to take hold of, with the t umb or finger, which bypressing downward, will force the sprmg against the wick and roller andperform the same oiiice. as the thumb pieces previously described.

Thus I have described and set forth a variety of modes of using myimprovement,

eleven models ofthe same, all of which work recess or oplening in thetube or stopper combeautifully, and could describe still more, bined,Wit either the spring thumb piece,

but it is unnecessary, aspress or slide as above set forth or in anyWhat I claim and desire to secure by Letother Way that is essentiallythe same. 5 ters Patent is- Wltness my hand and seal this twenty 15 Athumb piece, press or slide to manage fifth day of January eighteenhundred and the Wick by pressing the thumb piece, press forty four A. D.

or slide, against the wick or wick raiser SAMUEL RUST. [L.s.] with thefinger or thumb or relieving the Witnesses: 10 ressure from the wick orwick raiser, com- I. N. RUST,

ined with the roller or any other wick -SAML. A. RUST,

raiser, analogous to the roller and also the SILAs CUMMINGS.

